We bring wanted posters from the cities,
with pictures drawn by artists,
pictures of men with filed teeth
and women with tribal scars.
I look at the pictures
and wonder
how all these slaves
from faraway places
find their way
to this wilderness
*
of caves and cliffs,
wild mountains, green forest, little witches.
-The Surrender Tree,
Margarita Engle
Which detail from this excerpt tells you the most about
the setting?
The posters are drawn by artists.
The people have filed teeth and tribal scars.
The enslaved people are from far away.
The land has caves, cliffs, and mountains.